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Dr. Talmage preached from the following text: “And as they that bare the ark were come into Jordan, and the feet of the priests were dipped in the brim of the waâ€" ter, that the waters which came down from above stood and rose up on a heap very far from the city Adam. and the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stoml firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israel- ites passed over on dry ground, un- til all the people were passed clean over Jordan."-â€"â€"Joshua iii. 15-17. Not long ago we saw Joshua on a forced march. During that hour we saw him cross the Jordan, blow down the walls of Jericho, capture the city Ai, demolish five kings, the astronomy of heaven changed to give him time enough to completely whip out his enemies. The vanguard of his host, made up of the priests, ad. vanced until they put their foot at the brim of the river, when immedi- ately the streets of Jerusalem were no more dry than the bed of that river. it was as if all the water had been drawn off, and then the damp- ness had been soaked up with a sponge, and then by a towel the road had been wiped dry. Yonder go the great army of the Philistines, the hosts in uniform; following them the wives, the children, the flocks, the herds. The people look up at crystal wall of Jericho as they pass, and think what an awful disaster would come to them if, before they got to the opposite bank of tamer- isk and oleander and willows, that Wall should fall upon them, and the tholwht makes the mothers hug their children closer to their hearts and to swiften their pace. Quick now !_ DISAGREEABLE DUTIES. Seated this morning, on the shelv- ing of limestone, I look oil' upon the .lmdan where Joshua crossed under tniunphal march of rainbow woven out oi the sprayâ€"the river which afâ€" terwards became the haptistery “here (‘hrist was sprinkled or plunged, the river where the borrow- ed ax-head miraculously swam at the prophet’s order, the river illustrious in the history of the world for heroâ€" ic faith and omnipotent deliverance, and typical of bCL‘lCS yet to trans- pire in your life and mine, scenes ez'iough to make us from sole of foot to crown of head to tingle with in- finite glarlness. Standing on the scene of that affrighted and fugitive river Jordan, I learn for myself and for you, that obstacles when they are touched, vanish. The text says that when those priests came down and touched the edge of the water with their feet, THE WATER PA RTE D. They did not wade in chin deep or waist deep, or knee deep, or ankle deep, but as soon as their feet touch- ed the water, it vanished. And it makes me think that almost all the obstacles of life need only to be ap- proached in order to be conquered. Difficulties touched, vanish. It is the trouble, the difliculty, the obstacle there in the distance that seems so huge and tremendous. The apostles John and Paul seemed to hate cross dogs. The apostle Paul said in Philippians: “Beware of dogs,” and John seems to shut the gate of heaven against all the canine species when he says : “Withâ€" out are dogs.” But I have been told that when these animals are furious and they come at you, if you will keep your eye on them and advance upon them, they will retreat. So the most of the trials of life that hound your steps, if you can only get your eye upon them, and keep your eye upon them, and advance upon them, crying: “Begone l” will sink and cower. vv â€"-â€"â€"‘ mediately lod r " """ , - .- , H through the deptphgpgtrefhe it, 01.13221. glossedi):nwerd. . I can harmonize It is so dry the passengers do not easier tho gllcat, thmgs a gram deal even get their feet damp. nihilatio anI clan harmomzethe an- Oh, the completeness 0‘ everythin the ill-tr: t) tre brute creation with that bod does! Does he make i do not k:°:legltitth:Â¥m20€e raeiceivle. I‘ universe ? It is a r{ . _i n c c ear ning ever since “Diva‘s“ ggfifihr‘dg 12fi238p§5° b2! thet other country, fixed stars the pivots. constellationsinot know? b it? bud heaven. I do “‘0 intermOVing wheels. and ponder-:banks th r u that Oil-those lair ous laws the weight and swinging an admraihe' mi? be a my heaven, genduliirnk the stars in the great a professed Inghr‘isaazxn. 11121111 8:10:93; 9"” 3 r ‘ ing midnight. and the sun his horse m c - With brazen tongue tolling the hour tice t ll . Y ommon sense of ms- of noon. The slightest comet has‘ to bag: In; that that horse ought, . 3 tter time in th 1 t upon it the chain of a. law which it than his adrie 1 9 {1 ure cannot break. The thistle-down fl)"-3 and b sed ver 1! really the Jaded ing before the sch . . l a u car and omnibus horses controlled by the mÂ¥3;btrhe::l;o: . f! 0:? clues have any better coun- trols the sun and the planets The! ry Id0 ‘1?0 to when they leave this rose bush in your window is iovernâ€" in: _ do not know that they d°' ed by the sane principle that 8011- b o.not know that they do ”0t.â€" "M “30 great tree 0! the universe i “t a they haveosuch ‘ country to on Which stars m ripenl i i - 80 to. I should like to see them the 08 In t. moment when, their [died m “any Thing; That Cross Our Path- way Are Only Phantoms. not them all upon the bankâ€"armed warriors, wives. children, flocks, herds, and let. this wonderful Jor- dunic passage be completed forever. Again: this Jordanie passage teaches me the completeness of ev- erything that God does. When God put an invisible dam across the Jor- dan and it halted, it would have been natural. you would suppose, for the waters to overflow the re- gion round about, so that great de- vastation would hate taken place. But when God put a dam on in front of the river, he put a dam on either side 0! the river, so according to the text the waters halted and reared and stood there, not over- flowmg the surrounding country. Oh the (ompleteness of everything that God does! One would think if the water of Jordan had dropped until it was only two or three feet deep that the Israelites might have marched through and have come up on the other bank with soaked and saturated garments, as men come ashore from a shipwreck, and that would have been a wonderful deliv- erance. So it would. But God does something better than that. One would suppose, if the water had been drawn of! from the Jordan there would have been a bed of mud and slime through which the army would have to march. Yet here, im- mediately God prepares a path through the depths o! the Jordan. It is so dry the passengers do not even get their feet damp. Again: I learn from this Jordanic passage that between us and every Canaan of success and prosperity, there is a river that must be passed. “Oh. how I should like to have some of those grapes on the other side," said some of the Israelites to J 0311- ua. "Well” said Joshua, “if you want some 0! those grapes, why don’t you cross over and get them?" A river of difliculty between us am‘: everything that is worth havin That which costs nothing is womh nothing. (lod did not intend this world for an easy parlour through which we are to be drawn in a reel: ing-chair, but we are to work oar passage, climb masts, light battles, scale mountains, ford rivers. ‘ God makes everything valuable difficult to get at for the same reason that he puts the gold down in the mine, and the pearl clear down in the sea; it is to make us dig and dive for them. We acknowledge this princi- ple in worldly things. Would that we were wise enough to acknowledge it in religious things. You have had scores of illustrations under your own observation, where men have and on which God will one day Pm- his hand and SHAKE DOWN THE FRUIT. A perfect universe! No astrono- mer has ever proposed an amend- ment. Does God make a Bible, it is a complete Bible. Standing amid its dreadful and delightful truths, you seem to be in the midst of an orchestra, where the wailings over sin and the rejoicings over pardon and the martial strains of victory make a chorus like the anthem of eternity. This book seems to you an ocean of truth on every wave of which Christ walks sometimes in the darkness of prophecy. sometimes in the splendors with which he walked on Galilee. had it just as hard as they could have it, and yet after a while had it easy. Now the walls of their home blossom with pictures. Car- pets that made foreign looms laugh, embrace their fret. The summer wind lifts the tapestry (Hindi. lm'! window gorgeous enough for a Sul- tan. The silver on the harness of that The silver on the harness of that dancing span is petrified sweat drops. 'l‘hat beautiful dress is faded calico over which Jod put his hand approvingly, turning it to Turkish satin or Indian silk. ’I‘hose dia- monds are the tears which suil’ering froze as they fell. Oh, there is a river of difficulty be- tween us and every earthly achieve- ment. You know it is so in regard to the acquisition of knowledge. The ancients used to say that Vulcan struck Jupiter on the head and the goddess of Wisdom jumped out, il- lustrating the truth that wisdom comes by hard knocks. And so there is, my friends, a tug, a jostle, a trial, a push, an anxiety through which every man must go before he comes to worldly success. Now be wise enough to apply the principle in religion. Eminent ChristianEharâ€" acter is only attained by Jordanic passage. No man just happens to get good. Why does that man know so much about the Scriptures? He was studying the Bible while you were reading a. novel. He was on fire with the sublimities of the Bible while you were sound asleep. It was by tugging and toiling and pushing and running in the Christian life that he became so strong. In a hundred Sellerinos, he learned how to light. In a hundred shipwrecks he learned how to swim. Sorrow stains the cheek, and sinks the eye, and pales the brow and thins the hand. There are mourn- ing garments in every wardrobe. There are deaths in every iamily re- cord. All around us are the relics of the dead. The Christian has pas- sed this Red Sea of trouble, and yet he finds that there is the Jordan of death between him and heaven. He comes down to the Jordan of death and thinks how many have been lost there. The Christian approaches this raging torrent, and as he nears it, his breath gets shorter and his last breath leaves him as he steps into the st1eam; but no sooner has he touched the stream than it is parted, and he goes through dry shod while all the waters wave their plumes, crying: 0 death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?’ ' God shall wipe n“ .11 all team from their eyes, ” and there shall be no more death. Tears over Zion’s desolation, tears over the impcnitent, tears over graves, made a. Jordan which that. man had to pass. When I see the Israelites getting: through Jordan and getting up the banks, and I see their flocks and herds following right on after them, the suggestion comes through my mind that perhaps after all, the best part of the brute creation may have a chance in the great future. You say: "Harmonize with that theory the passage, 'The spirit of the brute TEARS OVER SI N. cured and their foundc-red knees; straightened, and their coughing dis- tvempers healed, free from the collar and the tight check-line and the twisted bit, they shall range in the celestial pasturage forever and for- ever. I do not say it is so. but 1 should not be oflended if I should find at last that not only all the Isâ€" raelites got through the Jordan but the been part of the brute creation got in after them. Every Christian will go over dry shod. Those of us who were brought up in the country, remem- ber when the summer was coming on in our boyhood days, we always longed for the day when we could go barefooted, and after teasing our mother in regard to it a good while and she having consented, we remember now the delicious sensa- tion of the cool grass and the soft dust of the road when we put our uncovered foot down. And the time will come, when these shoes we wear nowâ€"lest we be cut of the sharp places of this'worldâ€"shall be taken 01!, and with unsandaled foot, we shall step into the bed of the river. With foot untrammeled from pain and fatigue we shall begin that last journey. When with one foot in the bed of the river, and the other foot on the bank we spring upward. "rat will be heaven. I pray for all my dear people safe J ordanic pas- sage. But whether that be so or not there is one thing certain, I get from my text, and that is: We have a right to expect our families to go with us. Some of your children have already GONE UP THE OTHER BANK. You let them down on this side the bank; they will be on the other side to help you up with supernatural strength. I ask a question and there seems to come back an answer in heavenly echo. “What, will you never be sick again?" "Never be sick again." “What, will you never be tired again?” ” Never lse tired again.” “What, will you never weep again?" “Never weep again.” "What, will you never die again?” “Never die again.” Oh, you army of departed kindred, we hail you from bank to bank. Wait for us. When the Jor- dan of death shall part. for us. as it parted for you, come down and meet us half way between the willowed banks of earth and the palm groves of heaven. May our great High Priest go ahead of us and with his bruised feet touch the waters, and there shall be fulfilled the words of my text: “ And all the Israelites passed over on dry around, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.” Theoretically there are no slaves in Hong Kong. as it is British terri- tory, but in reality “the city is full of them." according to a current historian. They are the maid-ser- vants and nurses 0! the Chinese. Every small-footed lady needs slaves to help her about. and in the houses of the rich, where there are many daughters. it is not uncommon to find from twenty to thirty slaves in 3 single 1m, A Sulphur Match That Won the Battle of Gravelotte. It is said that at the battle of Gravelotte, during the Franco-Prus- sian war, there was for some hours. at a critical point of the field, an appearance of greater success on the part of the French than of the (lor- mans. Von Moltke had been made aware of the perilous position of his forces in that quarter; and he hur- ried to the spot. For some time it was observed by those around him that he appeared much more anxious than usual. He gained a prominent position, where he was greatly ‘exposed to the enemy’s fire. He held his cigar be- tween two fingers of his left hand, from time to time striking a fusee, and applying it to the weed, but al- ways neglecting to put the cigar be- tween his lips. When the crisis of the day was evidently approaching the last fusee had been burnt, and nothing but. the cold ashes of Moltkc’s cigar remained. At length Bismarck’s attention Was directed to the great general, upon whose sagacity the fortune of the light so largely depended. Moving up to him, Bismarck quietly struck a fusee, applied it to Moltkc's cigar, and the welcome sight of the blue tobacco smoke curling up from the commander’s lips rewarded the at- tention of the Chancellor. Bismarck drawing back in his solid way, said. with exultation in his voice: ‘All must ' now be well, Moltke smokes again." The battle was won. In Several Parts of the Earth Ships can get that far from Land. __, The question has been asked, is it possible to sail 1,000 miles from land? This can be done at several points. By leaving San Francisco and sailing northwestward into the North Pacific, a spot is reached where there is no landâ€"not even an isletâ€"for 1,000 miles in any direc- tion. So, too, sailing from the sou- thern point of Kamchatka, south- eastward, ships reach a point equal- 1y distant from land of any kind, the nearest to the north being the Al- eutian Islands, and to the south the outlying members of the Sandwich group. In the southern Indian Ocean it is possible to sail 1,000 miles out from the southern points of Austra- lia and New Zealand, and still be as far from any other land, and the same may be done in a Westerly di- rection from Cape Horn. Indeed, from this point a much longer dis- tance may be reached, for the south- ern Pacific, between the Horn and New Zealand, covers a space of 80 degrees of longitude and 40 of lati- tude of absolutely unbroken sea, making its central point over 1,200 miles from anywhere. A THOUSAND “MOLTKE SMOKES AGAIN? SLAVES 1N BRITISH TERRI- TORY. MILES AT SEA. 'v" , In any valuable advice about the treatment of oneself in summer, the ”’d011 ts” must largely prevail. Dur- ing the hot months the gospel of ab. stinence should be most stxenuously aud continuously taught and accept- HEALTH RULES FOR SUMMER. First, don't entirely shut out the sunlight because it makes the room somewhat warmer or fades the car- pet. Life is more than a.little ex- tra discomfort or the brightness of carpets; and, when you shut out the sun you shut out the great vitaiizer and germ destroyer. You need not, of course, have the sun streaming in all day, but let it come in freely for an hour or two in the morning. Use as little gas as possible for lighting purposes. It is estimated that one gas jet consumes as much oxygen as six people and adds to the heat. A lamp makes far less heat. but much more than an electric light, which uses none of the room's oxygen. Luckily, the hours of sum- mer daylight are so long that one usually has all the time he needs to work or read, before the darkness comes, and requires little artificial light. cd, or illness is the- result, writes D1:_J. Livingstone. - Don’t neglect your sleeping room. This is a most important don't. Be sure that, during the hour when the sunlight is being admitted the bed- clothes have been removed and are spread out so that they, as well as the bed, will become thoroughly air- ed. llo not sleep in a draught. But although you should not sleep in a draught, the air should circu- late freely through the room. Many people close their windows at night, because they are “afraid of the night air." Night air cannot in the ab- sence of the sun, be as bitalizing as day air, but it is a thousand times less dangerous than the air which, in a closed room, becomes heavy and poisonous from the exhalations from both body and lungs. Don't drink 7 too much ice water. This is a dangerous practice. Ice water allays thirst for a few minutes without quenching it. For this rea- son one who is addicted to ice wa- ter usually drinks enough to cause a. full and bloated feeling, and to stop digestion by unduly cooling the stomach. Lemonade, made from clear, coolâ€"not ice coldâ€"water, is the most. refreshing and satisfying drink for summer. Don’t be afraid to ask too much oi your doctor: you pay him for his VlSltS. and they should be more than mere social calls. Some docâ€" tors rush into a room, repeat a stale Joke or two to make the patient 13-11811. or pay her a flattering com- pliment; then feel her pulse, and look wondrous wise; then write a prescription for the clear knows whatâ€"but we doubt very much if the doctor does; then rush out again without giving anyone a chance to ask him a question, or tell him what had happened in his absence. His bill is 32, but for what ? Ply him With questions about things that have bothered you in his absence It you cannot remember them all. Put them down on a sheet 0! paper as they occur to you, and refer to this when he next calls. Let. your heartiest meal be at night, or whenever your work for the day is over. Fruit, toast. soft-boil- ed eggs and oatmeal make a geod breakfast. Where the intermission between hours of labor is short. no heavy food should be taken into the stomach. Hundreds of people who eat heartily and return to work al- most immediately afterwards have dyspepsia. To half a cup of sifted flour add a pinch of cayenne, three ounces of grated cheese and a little salt; mix all together and moisten with the yolk of an egg and enough water to make a still dough. Knead to a smooth dough. Roll out into a very thin sheet, not more than an eighth of an inch thick; cut out a piece five inches wide, place on a baking sheet or tin and bake in a moderately hot oven for ten minutes. Do not let them brown. Cheese fingers are made from puff paste cut into strips five inches long and a. quarter of an inch wide, a little grated cheese Spread in center of a strip and an- other placed on top. These are bak- ed in a quick oven until done and a light brown. Ends 0! pie crust may be similarly used with the addition of the grated cheese and cayenne. pepper. Either American cheese orl Parmesan' is good for this use. Cheese straws are delicious with sa-i lads. The most striking thing about an ideal letter is its flavor of the per- sonality of the writer. A letter should convey, as nearly as possible, the same effect as would a talk be- tween the writer and her correspond- ent. What is a good letter to your mother or sister perhaps would be worthless to anyone else. Always remember to whom you are writing. and write to and for that one per- son. General descriptions and observa- tions will be out of place in :19 cases out of 100. Make your letter an in- dex of your mind on the subjects you believe to be interesting to the one to whom you are writing.‘ Put your own individuality into even your observations on the weather. Avoid long excuses for not writing earlier or more frequently. Like ap- ologies for not returning visits or calls, those of the lagging letter- writer only emphasize the neglect. Make up for previous shortcomings by writing fully, sympathetically, and vivaciously, so that the pleasure of reading your letter will outweigh any disappointment you may have given, or cause it to be forgotten. .To launder embroidered linen make LAUNDERING SILK EMBROI- DERY. ASKING 'I‘IIE DOCTOR. WRITING A LETTER. CHEESE STRAWS. it ends with tine soap and warm wa- ter. Do not soak, rub or wring the piece. but squeeze the suds through and through until it is clean. Rinse in clear water and dry between tow- els. It is well not to expose embroi- dery to the air while it is wet. and it should never be dried in the sun. nor should it be folded or rolled while it s damp. Before it is entire- ly dry 1 on it on a piece of thick flannel o a soft, padded board. Lay the emb oidered side down, cover it with a ry cloth, over that place a. wet cloth and press with a. moder- ately hot iron. Instead of folding it roll it on a large, round wooden stick. NEW WAYS TO COOK CORN. Corn Oysters: Grate one dozen cars corn in a pan add a pinch of salt and a little pepper, drop in spoonfuls in- to a. well-greased skillet, and as soon as brown, turn over like griddle cakes. They should be the size of large oysters. Excellent. breakfast dish. Corn Fritters: Cut the corn from 5 or 6 cars corn, break an egg in it. and add salt and pepper to suit the taste. Drop from a large. spoon into a frying pan with hot butter in it. and try on both sides to a rich brown. Fried Green Corn: Cut the corn from the cob, and put it in at skillet that has hot butter and 111111 mixed. Season with pepper and salt. stir it often to keep from burning. and codk it with a. cover over it. Corn cooked on the cob, it any is left from the meal, may be cooked in this way and put in the oven and browned. acutely, This potato in only half done, my dear, said he crossly. Then only out. half o!_it. my lave. she replied anec- A LEANING TOWER IN ENG- LAND. The famous leaning tower of Pisa has a rival in the Temple Tower of Bristol in England. It is a square tower of early Gothic architecture. All its parts still preserve their nor- mal relative positions without cracks or fissures. The tower, which is about 115 feet high, is 5 feet out of perpendicular at the summit. There are no records to show wheth- er the inclination was part of the ar. chitect's design. or whether it is the result of an earthquake or of slow changes in the inclination o! the soil. For many years there has been no change in the slope at the tower. Corn Custard: Cut. corn from the cob. mix it, not. too thinly, with milk, add two or three beaten eggs, pepper and salt. to taste, and bake half an hour. To be svrvcd as (1 ve- getablc. Exhibitions of Their Practical Utility. Some clever dogsâ€"an Irish wolf- hound and some collicsâ€"have been for more than three months must carefully and patiently trained by Major Il'zmtonville Richardson-in all the varied duties of dogs attached to a regiment in war time, says it London letter. They are trained to guard baggage, guard ammunitimn, carry messages from one part of the field to another and await, a reply; give the alarm on the approach of the enemy by run- ning into camp without barking, and to do ambulance duty by seeking the Wounded in cover or carrying first. aid appliances. Major Richardson has {or some time been in (.e1 manv investigating the method of t1 a1111ngt,here and is now giving daily exhibitions in the grounds of the Crystal Palace in connection with the ambulance sec- tion of the Naval and Milita1y Ex- hibition of the practical uses of dogs attached to regiments in war time. MEN DING CHINA. A clever housekeeper mends her broken china with u home-made eeâ€" ment. Make a thick solution of gum-arubic in Water, then stir in plaster of paris until a paste is formed. Apply to the broken parts with a brush and set away to hard- The performance opens with an ant-- tack by the. enemy, who are repulsed. When tiring ceases the dogs begin their work of carrying first aid to the wounded and seeking those who are wounded in cover. Leno, and of the larger of the other dogs, is a cross between a. St. Bernard and a collie, and probably it is some strain of the former breed which makes him so keen in seeking for the wounded and carrying des- patchcs ._ .. "I . -__-_ -.-IunnlM|~ pnn‘- Attached to the collar of each am- bulance dog is a small bottle of brandy. On either side of his sad- (lle cloth, on which the red cross is conspicuous, are pockets, one con- taining bandages and the other nec- essaries for ”first aid," the other a ration of biscuit for the. dog him- self. Strapped across the back of each is a waterproof sheet for the dog to lie on when guarding baggage or on sentry duty. In Germany Great Danes are em- ployed in carrying ammunition; but Major Richardson has trained his own Irish Wolfhound for this pur- pose. The ammunition is carried in two leather pockets strapped across the dog's back. It was strange, in- deed, to eyes accustomed to see handsome and gentle Knight bf Ker- ry in the show ring to look upon him as a dog of war. He is a Wheaten colored hound and a famous stud‘ dog. _n Al_- l vvvvvvvvvv One of the Glasgow volunteer regi- ments is in treaty {or tnc purchase of three dogs. It. is wonderful to Watch the dog seeking for the supposed wounded men in the shrubbcrics and rhodo- dendron thickets of the Crystal I’al- ace grounds, and to note their sa- gacity and the keen interest they take in their task. The messenger dogs have a water- proof envelupe attached to their col- lars for the conveyance and protec- tion of written messages and des- patches. DOGS OF WAR. “Oh. dear," gasped Mrs. Barley. as she rushed out. of the house and sank into a garden-scat by the aid. of her husband. It “What, is the matter ?" asked Mr. Darlcy, as soon as he could remove. with great deliberation. the cigar from his mouth. “It. was a mouse. It ran in“. across the floor of the dressing- room." "Did it. attack you fiercely, dear. and did you escape only after a ter- rible hand-to-hand combat. “P” "Now, you are making fun 0! mo. Frank." the little wmnun pouted. “and I think it lg unkind of you.-’ "Take it on‘. Nellie ! take it off! Oh, the nasty thing will kill me. Push your hand right down! Oh, dear, I can tool it getting down into the small of my back. Oh. oh! But this is torture! Can‘t you do anything to help a fellow, instead of standing staring like that ?” She went to her telephone, and. trusting to a somewhat unreliable memory, she asked to be connected by the ever-obliglng “Exchange" with telephone 2.394. When the con- nection had been made. she began astronomy of changed to give him her plaintive (gum-5- without any pro- fatory. Is that you, doctor? Madame, it said coldly, eat what.- ever you plc.nso.'l‘l1is is the Hetoor Rubber Company. A BANK OF ENGLAND CURIOS- ITY. One of the curiosities o! the Bank 0‘ England is to be seen in the printing-room. A man sits at a desk and every three seconds a machine delivcrl to him two complete £5 notes. I! he sits there six hours he roaches over £70,000. and in 300 days over $20,000,000 sterling. I want very much to go to a little dinner tomorrow night, she began rapidly, and do you think it would hurt me if I ate just a taste of soup. and perhaps a little fish. or the least trifle of game, and a. bit of Ialad or ice? I really think my stomachâ€" The first tunnel over a mile ‘- length in England was that. at Horn- castlo. constructed In 1827,. A woman who has been a victim of indigestion, and is kept to dys- pcptic's dict most of the time. was recently invited to a dinner. which she was anxious to attend. Here she was inierrupted by a vqigcfrom the other end of the wire. Darle§ jumpéd hp and began thrashing wildly about with hil hands, and cxclaiming‘ :â€" “Stand still! flow can I stand still with a venomous thing like that parading up and down my spinal column 1’" "It's only a blackbectle. dear." replied Mrs. Barley. "1 saw it crawling over your collar." With this Mr. Darley threw him- self upon the ground and rolled over on his back, while his faithful wife hovered over him. anxiously trying to be of some use. A neighbor, who had called. thought that Mr. Darley was writhing in the throes of an epileptic fit, and, with rare pres- ence of mind, rushed for water. hav- ing obtained which he threw it all over Mr. Darley before Mrs. Barley could stop him. The water must have drowned the blackbeetle. for Mr. Darlcy arose, and was about to expostulatc with the man who had "brought him to," but his wife step- ped between the two men and stop- ped what might have been a quarrel. DIDN'T MIND WHAT SHE HAD. "I don't intend'to be unkind. dear. but you must own your fear of mice is very foolish. Of course. I know that it is a very general fear of your sex. but that is no reason why in- dividuals should not try to rid them- selves of the habit 0! getting {right- ened into (its every time 11 won“ makes its appearance. It is a small weak little thing. andâ€"" “What on earth has got down my back ?" "You had better go to your room and change your clothes dear," she said to her husband. “What inconsistent creatures men are," soliloquized Mrs. Barley. as she watched her husbabd'a form dio- appcar round the corner. Mr. llarley interrupted himscll to insert the fourth finger of his right hand between his collar and his neck and to wrigglc with his shoulders. while he said :â€" "Oh, of courschâ€"just so !" snarled Mr. Dan-Icy, as he walked on in 3 ha“, without. waiting for his wife to finish her sentence. After he had gone she explained the cause of the trouble to the neigh- bor, and the latter departed. After Mr. Barley had put on dry clothe- hc came downstairs and said :â€" “Why dear," replied she. “I did not Want to interrupt your discourse on woman’s .fears of mice, and I knew that nothing was to be feared from a little blackbeetle. It is a small, Weak little thing, wdâ€"" "Did I understand you to say that you saw that blackbeetle crawling over my collar. and never said a. word about it ?" “l! you‘don't stand still, dear. I fiat: {our months. H. m by all mum. 3 M. I!!! (grace! 825.1: 8:. Wattage! I! .11 Arose over a Little Ion“ TROUBLE AT DARLEY’S. and a Black Beetle.